Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
EXPEL
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The most appropriate antonym of the word expel is absorb.
- Expel means "to force (someone) to leave a place or a group."
- Absorb means "to take in or assimilate (something, especially liquid or gas)."
The other words do not have the opposite meaning of expel.
- Leave means "to go away from or depart from a place."
- Erupt means "to burst out suddenly and violently."
- Remove means "to take (something) away from a place."